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How to add a debounce (cooldown) to a Text Button?
Hello,
I am working on a gui based game. I want a gui button to have a cooldown after being pressed.
Here is what I tried (you can ignore most of it, I'm just concerned about the debounce).
01 | function clicked(plr) |
02 | debounce = true |
03 | if debounce == true then |
04 | debounce = false |
05 | local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer |
06 | local edulvl = player.Education.Value |
07 | local x = game.ReplicatedStorage.Work:InvokeServer(edulvl) |
08 | local y = text(edulvl) |
09 | script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Status.Visible = true |
10 | script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Status.TextLabel.Text = (y.." "..x.." dollars") |
11 | wait(5) |
12 | script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Status.Visible = false |
13 | debounce = true |
14 | end |
15 | end |
I thought I had my debounce set up correctly, but it doesn't seem to work.
Help would be appreciated
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Define debounce outside the click function because you are basically resetting the debounce, setting it to true upon clicking the button, thus removing the cooldown
01 | local debounce = true |
02 | function clicked(plr) |
03 | if debounce == true then |
04 | debounce = false |
05 | local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer |
06 | local edulvl = player.Education.Value |
07 | local x = game.ReplicatedStorage.Work:InvokeServer(edulvl) |
08 | local y = text(edulvl) |
09 | script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Status.Visible = true |
10 | script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Status.TextLabel.Text = (y.." "..x.." dollars") |
11 | wait(5) |
12 | script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Status.Visible = false |
13 | debounce = true |
14 | end |
15 | end |
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Thank you for your response bluestreakejjp 41 — 6y
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Remove the debounce = true on line 2, and define it outside the function. You are resetting the debounce every time you click it which essentially counteracts the point of the debounce.
01 | local debounce = true |
02 | local function clicked(plr) |
03 | if debounce then |
04 | debounce = false |
05 |
06 | -- code goes here |
07 |
08 | debounce = true |
09 | end |
10 | end |
Hope this helps! :)
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Hello and thank you for your reply. Doing that would cause the debounce variable to become undefined, breaking the whole script. bluestreakejjp 41 — 6y
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You have to define it outside the function. chomboghai 2044 — 6y
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Thank you for your responses, you have been helpful. bluestreakejjp 41 — 6y
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ACTUALLY, that would not break the whole entire script. If Debounce is equal to a nil value, a blank value. Then saying if debounce then is completely useless. In this case, he's defining the local variable "Debounce" with a boolean value of true, and hes stating if debounce which is the same as saying if debounce == true then. User#21998 0 — 6y